House Appropriations Subcommittee on White House Budget and Management (U.S. House of Representatives)
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A private, domestic morning ruptures when Leo McGarry's crossword ritual is shattered by a direct call from the President. The ordinary — coffee, a trivial …
C.J. Cregg attempts to perform the private ritual of control — a five-to-six a.m. workout where she claims a sliver of normal life — while …
During a tense, petty moment in a dark airplane cabin—Toby's stubborn refusal to power down his laptop—the routine is shattered when a flight attendant delivers …
A private, easy morning after a one-night stand is brutally converted into an urgent White House crisis when Laurie, high and distracted, reads Sam's pager …
Leo moves through the White House corridors to find Josh and immediately corrals him into damage control. They argue about an unfolding Cuban-raft humanitarian crisis …
C.J. opens by hunting for a line to deflect media mockery about the President literally riding his bicycle into a tree; Leo answers with sarcastic, …
Leo is mid‑rant on a trivial, characterizing crossword-call when C.J. barges in with urgent press intelligence: Nightline, a potential leak on A3‑C3, and the looming …
Carol escorts a tense delegation of Christian leaders — Al Caldwell, Mary Marsh, and John Van Dyke — into the Mural Room, a quiet, formal …
Sam arrives late and visibly off-balance to lead a scheduled White House tour for Leo McGarry's daughter's fourth-grade class. Cathy meets him in the lobby, …
Sam, flustered and desperate to cover for his tardiness, is pressed into leading a fourth‑grade White House tour. Trying to charm the class, he fumbles …
In the Roosevelt Room Sam fumbles a fourth‑grade tour, mangling White House history and exposing a rare professional blind spot. Mallory O'Brian — sharp, unflappable …
A tense delegation from the Christian right presses the White House for concessions after Josh's televised gaffe. The meeting spirals from politicking to moral abrasion …
Toby emerges from his office into a terse, urgent exchange with C.J. as she delivers bad news: multiple guests have refused White House invitations. Toby …
Toby tries to get face time with the President but runs into Mrs. Landingham, who disarms him with sarcasm, flirts back when lightly complimented, then …
A light, character-setting exchange with Mrs. Landingham and Toby collapses into a full-staff scramble when C.J. announces the Ryder Cup team has declined the White …
As staff file out of the Oval the room does bureaucratic triage: Leo nails down who will write the Hilton Head draft and schedules a …
At the podium C.J. attempts to steady a suddenly choppy briefing: after a light birthday beat, Mike presses her on a terse Vice Presidential line …
At a polished diplomatic reception, C.J. forces her way through the press to intercept Vice President Hoynes about a politically damaging line on A3-C3. Hoynes, …
Sam barges into a private back‑room conversation and attempts to contain an awkward social moment by inserting himself as White House emissary. He name‑drops and …
President Bartlet strolls through the White House portico in sweatshirt and jeans, projecting an offhand, almost ordinary late-night presence. A nearby Secret Service agent, however, …
In the White House lobby Donna intentionally upends her subordinate relationship with Josh by using an unfolding crisis as leverage. Repeating the warning that "C.J.'s …
Sam tries to grab a private moment with Toby about a delicate personnel matter, but Toby is pulled into the lobby by reporters pressing about …
C.J. clears her office and confronts Sam about his involvement with a woman who turns out to be a call girl. Sam insists his intentions …
Sam bursts into the Roosevelt Room during Josh's overly invasive vetting of Charlie and publicly interrupts, defending both Charlie's dignity and the limits of what …
Reporters swarm C.J. in the Northwest lobby and she parries them with practiced humor and deflection, preserving White House composure. The tone shifts when Danny …
Josh drifts through his bullpen asking after Charlie and exposing a brittle impatience at being reduced to spectator while the White House scrambles. Donna tries …
In a quiet hallway-to-Oval sequence, President Bartlet meets Charlie Young, acknowledges the young man's recent, violent loss and converts that private grief into a public …
In Toby's office Leela from White House Counsel interrogates Toby about a single, explosive stock position that jumped from $5,000 to $125,000 immediately after his …
During a fraught exchange in Toby's office about a sudden, suspicious stock windfall, Carol pokes her head in and delivers a single line that collapses …
As the White House erupts into a desperate push to find five missing votes, Leo McGarry drifts into a painfully small, domestic conversation with his …